Valiants 9 Virginia Rides to Damory Court Revival
John Vallant, a society favorite, loses his wealth and turns over his fortune to a corporate receiver. He heads to Damory Court in Virginia and meets Shirley Dandridge. Major Bristow and Doctor Southall recall a youthful duel tied to Mrs. Dandridge. Vallant discovers an estate of walnut trees and bonds with Shirley amid drama at the Virginia manor.
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John Vallant
Vallant Corporation
Damory Court
Virginia
Shirley Dandridge
Nhe
Shirley
Valliant
Doctor Southall
Major Bristow
Valiant
Mrs. Dandridge
Panama
Katharine
Montague Bristow
Hsts
Ridgeley Pendleton
Ridge
Mr. Valant
Pendleton
John Valiant
The White Knight of Runnymede at Damory Court Festival
John Valiant arrives at the Virginia Runnymede tournament as the White Knight with a crimson rose. Katharine Fargo notes the dramatic entrance while Major Bristow anchors the ritual, and Shirley’s unspoken hopes for Valiant deepen amid the pageant of knights and social rivalries.
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Pendleton
Judge Chalmers
Valiant
Panama
Katharine Fargo
White Knight
John Valiant
Damory Court
Danced in Surinam Jungle by a Chief's Daughter
In Harper's Magazine Charles W. Furlong recounts joining a Surinam jungle dance with a chief’s daughter and two companions. The event features drumming, coy dancers, and a moment where a daughter charms the narrator into dancing amid approving murmurs and social risk.
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Harper's Magazine
Charles W. Furlong
Surinam
South Africa
Sit
Smit
Notable California household tale of a headstrong mistress
Rose Stahl recounts a forceful matriarch in a California family who caused constant turmoil at home. An afternoon quake shook pictures crockery and furniture as the mistress called upstairs to Lizzie, asking what she was doing now.
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Valiant
Chum
Were
City
Rue de la Paix
Chalmers
Dixie
Merryweather Mason House
Silas Fargo
Katharine
Nancy Chalmers
Betty Page
Virginia
Rose Stahl
California
Lizzie
Heavy Smoker Berkin Says Pipe Burns 65 Years Worth of Tobacco
A truth seeker called Berkin, nicknamed the Dutch chimney, boasts that for 65 years his pipe has consumed a pound of tobacco weekly. This amounts to more than 24 times his own weight in tobacco, a staggering volume carried by a lifelong devotee of My Lady Nicotine.
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Berkin
Discipleship Demands Cost in Luke 14 Sermon
A lesson outlines Jesus teaching on counting the cost of following him. It contrasts the crowd’s enthusiasm with the needs of true discipleship, using builders and kings as images and stressing devotion to Christ over all else, including family. The piece ends with the idea that true rest comes in him.
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Luke
Jesse
Jesus
Jesus Christ
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RIVES
Lauren Stout
Bristow
Southall
New York
Jludge
Cassandra
Aunt Daphne
Jefferson
Forstmen
Golden Spur
Castlewood
Lord of
Brandon
Westover
Silver Crags
John Valant
Commonwealth
United States
Croesus
Surinam Jungle
Explorer
E. O. Sellers
The
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
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